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Hurricane Season 2025: A WGNO Special Program
Hurricane Season 2025: A WGNO Special Program

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time5 days ago

  • Climate
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Hurricane Season 2025: A WGNO Special Program

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — We are officially in storm season, and we should all be prepared. It's been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina's impact and storms continue to be part of the lives of people living along the coast. This WGNO special program covers topics such as this year's hurricane outlook, the Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement Project, coastal erosion, Hurricane Hunter missions and the story of New Orleans brass bands returning to the city after Hurricane Katrina. Impact of coastal erosion through Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement Project Here at WGNO, we want to make sure you are ready for 2025's storm season and WGNO's weather team has the predictions and the information to help you all season long. Join Hank Allen, Carrigan Chauvin and Natalie Parsons for this WGNO special report!Original play, 'Hurricane Party' showing in New Orleans this weekend Slidell Police Chief talks benefits of approved pay raise Hurricane Season 2025: A WGNO Special Program Trump administration unveils more detailed proposal for steep 2026 spending cuts Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office warns of deadly 'pink cocaine' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Impact of coastal erosion through Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement Project
Impact of coastal erosion through Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement Project

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time5 days ago

  • Business
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Impact of coastal erosion through Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement Project

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Historically, a group of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw people has lived on the Isle de Jean Charles. Since 1955, the community has shrunk by 98% because of coastal erosion in Louisiana. Coastal erosion is accelerated during eventful and high impact storm seasons. Louisiana has the barrier islands of it's gulf coast. They, along with natural wetlands play a crucial role in protecting coastal communities from storms and erosion. Jefferson Parish officials discuss 2025 hurricane preparations 'My dad told me whenever he was a child, he'd be able to walk to a lake that was a little bit west of the island. He told me as a young man, he'd walk there without getting his feet wet. When I came along, as a kid, we was going by boat over there,' said resident of Isle de Jean Charles, Chris Brunet. The Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement Project was one of the first of it's kind to move an entire community due to climate change. Louisiana received $48.3 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, to relocate the families on the island. A total of 37 families moved off the island in the Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement Project. In the past, 300 families called the island home. '20 years ago, the Corps of Engineers and the Terrebonne Levy District said, it was going to cost $190 million to include us in the Hurricane Protection System. They said, for that much money, the island wasn't worth it. Us as a community, had to make the decision to live somewhere else because we were impacted by the environment. I now live 40 miles inland from where I was originally raised. Water is and will always be part of our lives. Everything about me and how I think comes from Isle de Jean Charles. This new place is nice but it's just a place I was relocated to,' explained Brunet. The Natural Resources Defense Council Estimates that by 2067, 1.2 million people are at risk of coastal flooding in of coastal erosion through Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement Project Pelicans Zion Williamson sued on rape allegations, additional charges Stephen Miller on report of Musk drug use: We're worried about drugs crossing the border Raceland man accused of attempted murder of kids after setting 'intentional fire' Labor Department suspends Job Corps centers operations, drawing bipartisan pushback Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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